Originally Posted by
3Cforme
One really ought to check that. UA's 3rd bag fee USA-Europe is $200. Add $200 if it's more than 50 pounds. Add $200 if it's oversized. FedEx starts to look good.
Fedex package of such a large size and around 69.5 lbs from USA to Europe would be a LOT more than $600 according to my Fedex rates.
Originally Posted by
jsloan
Ground transportation will be markedly cheaper. Ocean shipping rates from Texas to Asia are around $100 for a larger box than United would accept. It's hard to believe that it'd be twice as expensive to go half as far.
Interesting. I can't duplicate such rates to Europe.
Would be interesting to find out how you achieve that. Sadly it would be way OT to post it.